Community Central Science, Spring 2016
Across Lewiston and Portland, Community Central programming for 2016 has begun!
In both cities, 4-H Faculty and Community Education Assistants (CEAs) are engaging youth in experiential STEM-based programming in the classroom, in community partner organization’s after-school programs, and at Lewiston and Portland Housing Authorities.
In Lewiston, spring sessions have begun with a focus on math in science.
Youth have looked at polygons and regular polygons using glow sticks…
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Youth built a lattice of regular polygon triangles: all of the sides and angles had to be the same! Tricky question: How many triangles are there in this photo?
- Hint: What size triangles are you looking at?
…built marshmallow catapults…
![Catapults built with plastic spoons and popsickle sticks](https://extension.umaine.edu/4h/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2016/02/IMG_3429-300x183.jpg)
Always using the same amount of force to launch the marshmallow, how can we change the distance it travels?
…and helped stuffed animals travel down zip lines!
![Stuffed dog ready to ride down the zip line.](https://extension.umaine.edu/4h/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2016/02/DSC_0948-201x300.jpg)
How do you think the height of the start of the zip line might affect the animal’s flight?
- For more information about Community Central, please contact Kristy L Ouellette, PI of the Maine 4-H Community Central Program kristy.ouellette@maine.edu.
For more information on the Community Central Teen Leader Team, please contact Laura Personette, laura.personette@maine.edu.
Community Central is a project funded by the USDA’s Children, Youth, and Families at Risk (CYFAR) Sustainable Community Projects program.